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Michel Nkurunziza

Michel Nkurunziza

A tourist captures some pictures while visiting mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park on June 27, 2022. Courtesy

Tourists to Rwanda nearly triple in two years

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Rwanda is expected to save billions of money as it pushes the implementation of a cashless economy and paperless policies.Courtesy

Going paperless: How much could Rwanda save?

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali. METEO Rwanda has alerted that many parts of the country will continue to experience above normal rainfall amount, in the next 10 days. File

Weather forecaster warns about heavy rains in southwestern Rwanda

Monday, January 22, 2024

One of different houses that are in high risk zones in Nyabihu District. According to officials fourteen districts with households in need of urgent relocation from high-risk zones have been identified. PHOTO BY SAMUEL NGENDAHIMANA

Districts with households in high-risk zones to be resettled identified

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Imara Properties's newly completed housing units in Isange Estate Phase II, that were handed over to to buyers , on January 18, 2024. Emmanuel

PHOTOS: Isange Estate Phase II: Imara Properties hands over apartments to buyers

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya, Rwanda’s Minister of Environment (left), speaks about ending plastic pollution at a side event at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 18.

WEF: Rwanda urges world leaders to turn plastic tap off, end pollution

Friday, January 19, 2024

More than 10 million land titles in papers were supported to be accessed in digital format. Courtesy

Electronic land titles helping to check fraud – official

Thursday, January 18, 2024

A demolished house that was reported to be constructed without construction permit at Gisozi in Gasabo. Couresy

Districts with most cases of forged construction permits, land titles named

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

One of over ten houses that were damaged by landslides due to heavy rains in Southern Province. Courtesy

Over 4,000 households to be resettled amid heavy rain

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Xavier Niyonsenga, a beneficiary of the Vision Umurenge Programme (VUP), feeds his cow in a cowshed at his home in Gikomero Sector, Gasabo District, on March 3,2022. Rwanda targets to lift 315,000 households out of poverty and extreme poverty within two years. File

Govt plans to lift 300,000 families out of poverty in two years

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

A view of Lake Kivu in Karongi, where some businesses operating on the shores of the lake, have been identified to be polluting Lake Kivu. Photo by Samuel Ngendahimana

Over 100 offenders penalised for lake pollution, encroachment

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

A section of Huye–Nyamagabe road that was damaged by heavy rains in Kigoma sector of Huye district on Monday, January 15. Courtesy

What next after heavy rain damages Huye-Nyamagabe road?

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

A section of Huye-Nyamagabe road that was damaged by heavy rains in Karambi cell, Kigoma sector in Huye district on Monday, January 15. According to Rwanda National Police announcement, the road is temporarily closed to traffic until further notice. Courtesy

Heavy rain blocks Huye-Nyamagabe road

Monday, January 15, 2024

A section of the Karongi-Nyamasheke road that was damaged by landslides on January 7. Meteo Rwanda has cautioned that the southwestern regions of the country will continue to have higher-than-usual rainfall until January 20. Courtesy

More havoc looms as heavy rain predicted in next five days

Monday, January 15, 2024

Street vendors and customers in Kigali’s Central Business District. LODA is collaborating with the City of Kigali to establish additional markets for former street vendors. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

How will city avoid fraudulent access to street vendor funding?

Monday, January 15, 2024

Patients using the community-based medical insurance Mutuelle de Sante wait for services at Bugarama Health Center. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA

Govt to launch welfare registration system

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Road construction works in Remera, Kigali, in 2023. The City of Kigali has promised to resume the construction of 45.1 kilometres of roads in January 2024, targeting completion by the end of the 2023-24 fiscal year. PHOTO BY CRAISH BAHIZI

CoK to resume road works, targets mid-year completion

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Residents enjoy swimming in the Bugarama hot spring located in the Nyakabuye sector of Rusizi District. Sam Ngendahimana

Govt mandates permits for hot spring investors

Thursday, January 11, 2024